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US07702194B2 Beam steering element and associated methods for manifold fiberoptic switches
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光束转向元件和相关方法用于歧管光纤开关
- Patent Title: Beam steering element and associated methods for manifold fiberoptic switches
- Patent Title (中): 光束转向元件和相关方法用于歧管光纤开关
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Application No.: US11975242Application Date: 2007-10-18
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Publication No.: US07702194B2Publication Date: 2010-04-20
- Inventor: Harry Wayne Presley , Michael L. Nagy
- Applicant: Harry Wayne Presley , Michael L. Nagy
- Applicant Address: JP
- Assignee: Olympus Corporation
- Current Assignee: Olympus Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP
- Agency: Balser & Grell IP Law
- Agent Mathew L. Grell
- Main IPC: G02B6/26
- IPC: G02B6/26 ; G02B6/42

Abstract:
An optical system comprising two or more optical switches co-packaged together comprising discrete sets of input fiber ports (N per set) and an output fiber port (1 per set), wherein λn from said set of multiple input fiber ports (N) is focused on λn mirrors via the use of shared free space optics, wherein said beam steering elements steers λn from any point in the optical path to any other point; and discrete arrays of micro electromechanical system (MEMS) mirrors in a shared array, wherein a first array of MEMS mirrors is utilized to select and switch selected wavelengths from the first set of input fiber ports (N) to an output fiber port of the same set, and wherein a second array of MEMS mirrors using and sharing the same free space optics as the first MEMS array is utilized to produce yet another fiber optic switch.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090103861A1 Beam steering element and associated methods for manifold fiberoptic switches Public/Granted day:2009-04-23
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